Imagination, reality and the pleasure of masking and dreaming article in theory in action 41. If all this sounds rather vague then that is because pessoa wished it so. The book of disquiet penguin modern classics ebook. The book of disquiet by fernando pessoa is one such modern masterpiece that i read last week. He wrote of holding inside himself all the dreams of the world and wanting to experience the whole of the universe its reality inside himself.
Buy the book of disquiet penguin modern classics new ed by pessoa, fernando, zenith, richard isbn. Sep 30, 2010 the book of disquiet by fernando pessoa is one such modern masterpiece that i read last week. Disquiet refers to a feeling of anxiety, and this story has plenty of unease for both its narrator and readers. Apr 10, 2017 the book of disquiet by fernando pessoa my life outside of work has become a kind of work, full of duties and responsibilities from which i long to escape. Pessoa wrote opening passage in the margins of this fragment and richard zeniths translation places it at the beginning of the book. The book of disquiet by fernando pessoa, 97802412001, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Most of pessoas writing was not published during his lifetime. Published posthumously, the book of disquiet is a fragmentary lifetime project, left unedited by the author, who introduced it as a factless autobiography. I love this strange work of fiction and i love the inventive, harddrinking, modest man who wrote it in obscurity. Soares himself, in the only moment of being seen from the outside, looks like those who hope for nothing because. Soares himself, in the only moment of being seen from the outside, looks. Fernando pessoa and the book of disquiet others can write better, and truer, things about fernando pessoa than i can, but the salient facts for these purposes are that pessoa 18881935 was a portuguese writer who published very little during his lifetime.
Oct 16, 2010 the book of disquiet by fernando pessoa is perfect to dip into during sleepless nights, says sophia martelli. It is written by character senhor soares, who is assumed to be an alter ego for pessoa. Fernando pessoa was one of the most powerful figures of the portuguese literary world who significantly contributed to portuguese literature of the 20 th century. Disquiet and solitude in fernando pessoa articles house. The book of disquiet by fernando pessoa book chat youtube. The book is an aggregation of disparate diary entries that are abstract, dense, and at times, eccentric. The book of disquiet by fernando pessoa if you read this, you need to know what you are signing up for, so, below, ill let pessoa speak for himself.
The book of disquiet fernando pessoa, edited by jeronimo pizarro, trans. Fernando pessoa drinking a glass of wine in a lisbon tavern in 1929. The book of disquiet was left in a trunk which might never have been opened. An autobiography or diary containing exquisite melancholy observations, aphorisms, and ruminations, this classic work grapples with all the eternal questions. The authors description of a consciousness experiencing what we call life is genius. Fernando pessoa was able to understand dissapointment and regreat in. In the book of disquiet, bernardo soares, an assistant bookkeeper in a lisbon fabrics firm, records impressions he doesnt expect to see published.
May 30, 2002 a modernist masterwork that has now taken on a similar iconic status to ulysses, the trial or in search of lost time, fernando pessoa s the book of disquiet is edited and translated with an introduction by richard zenith in penguin modern classics. For its entire four hundred plus pages it offers a philosophy of a melancholic life, a philosophy of dreaming, and a philosophy of art. Bernando soares, the eponymous author of the book of disquiet, a bookkeeper in lisbon, records his observations of everyday life as if we were walking through an art gallery. To read and then contemplate him is to be lifted a little bit above the earth in a floating bubble. The book of disquiet is the portuguese modernist master fernando pessoa s greatest literary achievement. Fernando pessoa describes his work the book of disquiet as being an autobiography lacking facts. Jun 19, 2015 fernando pessoas the book of disquiet is aptly titled. His father had died of tuberculosis the previous year. A modernist masterwork that has now taken on a similar iconic status to ulysses, the trial or in search of lost time, fernando pessoas the book of disquiet is edited and translated with an introduction by richard zenith in penguin modern classics. In this thesis i studied the book of disquiet by portuguese author fernando pessoa 18881935 in order to determine to what extent the work could be linked to european literary modernism. The book of disquiet was found, in fragments, only after pessoas death. The narrator, perhaps a standin for pessoa himself, is clearly a distant literary relative of. Its a series of vignettes, random thoughts and meditations all written between 19 and 1935.
Imagination, reality and the pleasure of masking and dreaming rodica grigore1 the portuguese writer fernando pessoa complicates the idea of fictionality, by underscoring the fact that the personality of soares the fictional author of the book of disquiet is neither his own nor com. Pessoas book does give few concrete facts about the writer or the world of the writer. Illustration by riccardo vecchio if ever there was a writer in flight from his name, it was fernando pessoa. The book of disquiet is presented as the diary of a man named bernardo. This fragmentary novel was published 47 years after the death of 20thcentury portuguese author and poet fernando pessoa. Fernando pessoa, one of the founders of modernism, was born in lisbon in 1888. Pdf in his clearly written, welldocumented book, cousineau analyzes pessoas major prose workthe unfinished, unordered, and unwritten book of. Dec 25, 2009 book of disquiet reveals a reclusive authors soul author fernando pessoa may have been a loner who lived most of his life in a single room in lisbon, portugal. Its barely a novel, in fact, and more a vast, endlessly intelligent selection of thoughts based on everyones favourite hobby existing.
Pessoa was mostly a poet and the book of disquiet can be read, if you wish, as a series of notes for poems as yet unwritten. Im always speaking banally to someone, with a contrived smile on my face. Compiled by the translator richard zenith, fernando pessoas the book of disquiet is a fulgent tribute to the imagination of man. The book of disquiet by fernando pessoa is perfect to dip into during sleepless nights, says sophia martelli. The chevalier of disquiet by max nelson the new york. Fernando pessoas the book of disquiet is aptly titled. P ortuguese poet fernando pessoa 18881935 was the most prominent modernist literary figure in 20th century portugal, where he was associated with avantgarde literary circles, magazines, and small press publications. Mar 26, 2016 i chat about my experience of the book of disquiet by fernando pessoa.
Fernando pessoa was able to understand dissapointment and regreat in a intemporal way, as a natural part of human nature. The first edition of the novel was published in 1982, and was written by fernando pessoa. I chat about my experience of the book of disquiet by fernando pessoa. The book of disquiet is the portuguese modernist master fernando pessoas greatest literary achievement. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. The authors description of a consciousness experiencing what we call life is. The book of disquiet, opera as one man, with films. The book of disquiet penguin modern classics enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. The book of disquiet by fernando pessoa librarything. Jun 20, 2015 the book of disquiet by fernando pessoa book chat duration. He takes a simple gesture, a familiar place and transforms it magically into something more. May 30, 2002 buy the book of disquiet penguin modern classics new ed by pessoa, fernando, zenith, richard isbn. Pdf the book of disquiet book by fernando pessoa free.
Fernando pessoa will be an unknown name to many literary fans and, furthermore, the book of disquiet is untraditional to the extreme. The book of disquiet is funny, lifeaffirming, and, of course, desperately sad. Book by fernando pessoa, a factless autobiography, richard zenith edition, lisbon, 2006, p 229, 1982. The book of disquiet by fernando pessoa book chat duration. Im always out in the evenings doing something, the purpose of which eludes me. The narrator, perhaps a standin for pessoa himself, is clearly a distant literary relative of shakespeares hamlet or eliots prufrock.
The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 544 pages and is available in paperback format. He was a poet, writer, literary critic, translator, publisher and philosopher. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer no kindle device required. The book of disquiet by fernando pessoa, paperback barnes. The book of disquiet is a hodgepodge of different fragmentary ideas, and though there is some editorial freedom in such a concept, fernando pessoa did include some notes on which parts he wanted. Nov 21, 2015 fernando pessoa will be an unknown name to many literary fans and, furthermore, the book of disquiet is untraditional to the extreme. Jun 12, 2012 this fragmentary novel was published 47 years after the death of 20thcentury portuguese author and poet fernando pessoa. Jane kivik free download or read online the book of disquiet pdf epub book. Probably that is why the book of disquiet is so universal, a portait of the human fears, an example of a lonely man,travelling across his own mind, looking at the world through the most ironic eyes. Fernando pessoa, william boyd, margaret jull costa. Book of disquiet reveals a reclusive authors soul author fernando pessoa may have been a loner who lived most of his life in a single room in. Fernando pessoa, the book of disquiet my soul is impatient with itself, as with a bothersome child.
Aug 29, 2017 the book of disquiet is the portuguese modernist master fernando pessoas greatest literary achievement. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The book of disquiet was first published in portugal in 1982. Buy book of disquiet by fernand pessoa from waterstones today. Future editors, as obsessed as they are with completionism, included more than the author intended sometimes depending on the version. The book of disquiet is written by one of his personas, bernardo soares, an assistant bookkeeper in an inconsequential office, as a diary or journal of ruminations on a life that, by his own admission, is truly not worthy of ruminating about.